[The Silmarillion] Romimus

Alright, now Elendil has seen her, Eonwe has bluffed her, and Vera doesn't have time to pay attention to her for the time being, everything is ready, how long will it be if she doesn't run now?The only troublesome thing is...

Romimos glanced out again before closing the tent door. With just such a casual glance, he found at least three pairs of eyes staring at her. It would be difficult to not attract attention at all. Romemos didn't want to alarm Vera prematurely. It would be better if they only found out that she was missing a second before they set off back to Aman Island.

While thinking about how to divert the attention of the guard outside the door, Romemos lowered his head and turned around. Suddenly, he saw Sauron quietly watching her inside, which shocked her.

"What are you doing here?" Romimos stared at him without making a sound, trying to scare people? !

"I'm waiting for you," Sauron said.

Romemos probably guessed the reason for the other party's visit, but he still had a look of ignorance on his face: "Tell me something quickly. You know that the two of us are under surveillance right now? You are here with me If you stay too long, the people in Valinor will definitely become suspicious."

Sauron didn't go around in circles this time, looked straight into Romemos' eyes, and said bluntly, "Why didn't you go back to Aman with Vera?"

"What do you mean by that?" Romimos looked puzzled, "Didn't I honestly surrender?"

Sauron let out a mocking smile: "Come on, Luo Mi, such an innocent expression is really suitable to appear on your face, and it's no wonder that Eonway was easily deceived by you, but I know you too well, every time The first time you show such a submissive and weak look, it often means that someone is going to be unlucky."

Romemos smiled disapprovingly: "Does it matter whether I really want to go back to Aman Island? Even if I do mean it sincerely, who else here will believe that the two of us are really so-called" 'The prodigal son turns back'? Don't talk about me, do you really want to bow your head to Vera and admit your mistakes?"

Sauron was silent.

In fact, I also want to know, how could Sauron really want to repent?Even if he ever thought of this, it was because Vera's great momentum frightened him, and Melkor's easy capture also made him disheartened. Ya, what else can I do but surrender?

However, to Sauron's astonishment, even though Romemos had to temporarily succumb to the powerful force of Aman Continent as Maia, he didn't seem to admit it at all, and he didn't even hesitate. , even though she pretended to be pitiful in front of Eonwe, Sauron watched coldly, and he couldn't tell that the other party was determined to run away.

This not only surprised Sauron, but also felt humiliation, and after humiliation came jealousy - Sauron didn't say anything, but he always felt that he was much better than Romimos in all aspects, whether it was strength or scheming. , position of power, or service to Angband, loyalty to Melkor.However, even he was beginning to waver at this moment, so why would Romemos dare to fight Vera to the end?

"Do you think Lord Melkor can come back again?" Sauron asked.

"In all fairness, I don't think so." Romimos unceremoniously broke Sauron's last hope, "After all, Vera has been deceived once, no matter how stupid she is, she should learn a lesson. Right? Pessimistically, I don't think they'll ever forgive him this time."

Who said no?Sauron thought dejectedly, he couldn't even refute Romemus, let alone he himself thought so.

"Since Lord Melkor is gone, what else can we do in Middle-earth?"

Don't, don't, don't take me with you. I'm different from you. I didn't come to Middle-earth for Melkor. I have a dime to do with his downfall?

But Romimos couldn't say it so directly. Although Melkor is down now, Sauron is obviously still loyal to his former master. If he said clearly that he has never been sincere to Melkor , what if the other party becomes so angry that he pounces on her and strangles her to death?I have slipped out of Elendil's hand, and it would be too unfair to die here.

"This... Sauron, let me ask you," Romemos knew that he couldn't send Sauron away with a few words. She was exhausted from the day to now, but she could only cheer up and "comfort" The confused poor ghost in front of him asked, "What does Lord Melkor represent to you?"

Sauron gave her a strange look: "Lord Melkor is Lord Melkor, the master of darkness and fire, the most powerful in Arda, the creator and master of one's own destiny."

"The standard answer that has not changed for thousands of years, half-orcs know to answer like this." Romimos complained, and before Sauron glared at her, he said quickly, "I mean, Melkor is to 'you' What does it represent, Sauron? Not those titles that everyone recognizes, why did you betray Yiru and Vera to follow him?"

Sauron froze for a moment, and opened his mouth to say something, but finally fell into deep thought and didn't say anything.

"Like half-orcs and fire dragons, it is impossible for them to think about this kind of problem. It can almost be said that it is their nature and instinct to be loyal to Lord Melkor, and it is their only goal when they come to this world; Human beings, the reason why they are willing to follow Lord Melkor is also very understandable, because as you said, Lord Melkor is the most powerful person in Middle Continent, or even in the world, perhaps except Yiru, or it is because of the desire for power. Admiration, or out of fear, or greed for profit, they also chose to be loyal, but titles such as 'the most powerful' and 'King of Arda' were just titles. When they discovered the power of Vera After not losing at all or even defeating us, do you think they will remain loyal to Lord Melkor as always? Humans have all surrendered, and as far as I know, a few Balrogs have escaped. To be honest, I have no idea It's not surprising, because they don't fully understand Lord Melkor, they just follow the victor and the strong, and I won't be too angry about it, it's just human nature, even Sauron, you--" Romimos Glancing at Sauron, "Didn't you also think about it?"

It was rare for Sauron to be choked to the point of speechlessness. His face was originally white, but now even the base of his neck turned red. Romimos was really happy about this. After all, this guy is famous It's really rare to see such a thick-skinned person.

"What about you?" Sauron couldn't help asking, "Why did you follow Lord Melkor?"

"For me, what I am loyal to is a will and spirit, to resist fate and find myself. This is the purpose of following Lord Melkor. Don't I know that Vera's strength is more than ten thousand times stronger than mine? Don't you think so? Don't I know how difficult it is to break the shackles given to us? Don't I know that I may fail one day and never recover? But I finally made a decision to follow him to Middle-earth, Lord Melkor gave It gave me hope, let me see that there are really people who dare to challenge His authority, and made me believe that maybe one day I can also escape the so-called fate arranged by Him.”

"But we still failed." Sauron murmured softly.

"Have we failed? Has Lord Melkor failed?" Romimus asked him, "Aren't we still here? Only the surrender of the will is the real failure. Even if Lord Melkor leaves us temporarily, he His will is still manifested in you and me, and as long as we are here, his soul is here."

Sauron was silent.

"So have you figured it out?" Romimos stood up and looked down at him from above, "What did you pursue at the moment you first decided to follow Lord Melkor? If only because of the powerful power He, then you have seen that Vera's power is indeed stronger, at least for now, then you can report me to Eonwe, and you can prove to Vera that you are sincerely obedient."

Of course it was a duplicity. If Sauron really decided to surrender to Vera and denounced Romemos, then Romemos...Romimos would really have no choice.

However, Romimos felt that the possibility of winning the bet was relatively high. She knew Sauron, and he was not a peaceful master. Even if he couldn't think of surrendering now, he would have to regret it within three to five hundred years.

But Sauron made up his mind sooner than Romimos expected.In fact, he was reluctant to surrender to Vera, but Melkor's defeat came too fast, and the blow to him was too great, which made him hesitant for a while, but Romimos' instigation , Sauron's heart went to Melkor's side effortlessly.

"You're right, I was confused for a while." Sauron regained his energy and looked at Romemos with admiration, and seriously discussed with her, "Then how do we get out of here?"

It was rare for Sauron to trust her so unreservedly, but it was hard for Romemos to say whether she was happy about it. Her original plan was to run away secretly by herself, and then neither Vera nor Sauron would be able to control her anymore. She is dead, but now Sauron still treats her as one of his own, that is to say, she will still be inseparable from this guy in the future.

But this is better than being accused. Besides, Sauron is also a cunning and ruthless character. If he cooperates with him, the probability of successful escape will indeed increase a lot.

"I have a cloak, you know that." Romemos raised his chin, "but it's a bit difficult to cover two people at the same time, you can change into an animal or something, smaller, I'll carry you out."

Sauron's face twisted for a second: "...Okay."

"Is it okay to have a dog? I like dogs." Romemos suggested.

"I hate dogs." Sauron rebuffed her.

"Because you were beaten all over the place by a woman and a dog?"

Sauron took a deep breath.Hold back, hold back, she is still useful now.

"Since that's the case, what are we waiting for? Let's leave now, so as not to have long nights and dreams." Sauron urged Romimos.

"Better wait till the sun goes down," said Romimos. "My cloak does block out most of the light, but Manwë's eyes see its shadow, and Varda is lucky this time If you don't come, you should be able to hide from anyone at night."

Sauron thought for a while: "That's good, and there shouldn't be so many people staring at us tonight."

"Huh?" Romimos looked at him suspiciously.

"When you were not around, I was not idle. I went out and talked to people. Although they didn't trust me, I still made some words. The two sons of Fianaro who are still alive wrote I wrote a letter to Eonwe, and I am still determined to grab the Silmaril." Sauron curled his lips, "Just wait and see, there will be trouble tonight."

It was night, as Sauron said, Maedhros and Maglor sneaked into the camp and stole the Silmaril, which caused a commotion in the entire camp. Almost everyone went to arrest those two people. At least two-thirds of the guards outside Mimos and Sauron's tents were reduced. Taking advantage of the commotion, Sauron turned into a little black cat and slipped to Romemos's place under the cover of night, while Luo Mimos Mimos was also unequivocal. He picked up Sauron with one hand around the hood, ignored the noise behind him, and ran away without looking back. The people outside the door only felt a cool night breeze. passed, and then disappeared.

It wasn't until the next morning when Eonwe came to visit them that they realized that the two had long since disappeared. However, it was too late. One night was enough time for Romimos to go halfway to Middle-earth.

"I'm very sorry for my incompetence." Eonwe lowered his head in front of Manwe, with a depressed expression on his face.

He really thought that those two men had changed their ways.

"The fate should be like this, you don't need to blame yourself." The king of gods sighed, "But I still have confidence in Romimos, maybe one day in the future, he will be influenced by others to return to the right path, but that person may not be among us."

"What about Sauron?" Aoli interjected.

"Sauron was once your disciple, and you know his character in your heart. Why do you ask me?" Manwe turned his head.

But Mandos said in a deep voice: "Even if you find your way back later, the sins of the past are still sins."